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Clio and KD Sass on their graduation day.
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Sass twins honour their activist mom, an SU alumna, on graduation day

In the early 1980’s a young medical student’s dreams came crashing down. As an activist protesting the injustices of apartheid, Patricia Grace Rorich was...
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Spes Bona Initiative uplifts medical students

Spes Bona Initiative uplifts medical students

While working in Cape Town hospitals for a year, Belgian medical doctors and Stellenbosch University (SU) international medical graduates Edouard Hosten and...

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Alumna takes on Comrades for 'missing middle' students

Alumna takes on Comrades for 'missing middle' students

Candice van Wijk finished her first Comrades Marathon with a bronze medal and a massive smile on her face. A smile that not only beamed with joy at being able...

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Believe in yourself and your own voice says GCW Schumann medal winner

Believe in yourself and your own voice says GCW Schumann medal winner

Thomas Janisch was not initially an Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) student, but a strong pull towards the economics courses in his BA Politics...

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Donor leaves R50 million to Stellenbosch University

Donor leaves R50 million to Stellenbosch University

The future looks bright for talented undergraduate and postgraduate students at Stellenbosch University’s (SU) Faculty of Theology and the Department of Music...
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Prof Donita Africander advances women’s health through groundbreaking research

Prof Donita Africander advances women’s health through groundbreaking research

​Prof Donita Africander from the Department of Biochemistry in the Faculty of Science at Stellenbosch University delivered her inaugural lecture recently. The...

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EMS Vice-Dean: Learning and Teaching reflects after 13 eventful years

EMS Vice-Dean: Learning and Teaching reflects after 13 eventful years

After successfully serving as Vice-Dean: Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences (EMS) for 13 eventful years, Prof Ronel du Preez-Snyman’s third and final term ended on Friday, 28 June 2024.

‘I will miss the camaraderie of working on difficult issues together; the opportunity to make a difference in someone’s life and the excitement that a new day...

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